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Tag: heracles
17. Heroes at Home: Deianira
This week we meet an unlikely hero, Deianara. Can this fearful, anxious woman, blamed for the death of Heracles, be considered a hero? We think so!
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Source Passages
Sophocles Trachiniae (Women of Trachis) 1-48, 436-469.
Translation Sources
Sophocles. Women of Trachis. Translated by Michael Jameson. Edited by Greene and Lattimore. Chicago, 1957.
Selected Sources
Edwin Carawan. “Deianira’s Guilt.” Transactions of the American Philological Association 40 (130): 2000, 189-237.
Shout Outs & Notes
Literature and History podcast by Doug Metzger
The History of Ancient Greece podcast by Ryan Stitt
The Story Behind podcast by Emily
The Lonely Pallet podcast by Tamar Avishai
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15. heroes at home: megara
Join our informal discussion on heroes of the home! Tonight we chat about Megara, the first wife of Heracles, from Euripides’ Heracles.
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Source Passages
Euripides Heracles 275-311, 516-561.
Translation Sources
Euripides. Heracles. Translated by Michael R. Halleran. Focus Classical Library. 1988.
Shout Outs & Notes
Ellie Mackin “Odysseus doesn’t go to the Underworld in the Nekyia, peeps!” Blog post.
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